Quote Originally Posted by will641
my favorite thing by obama is the idea of dumping $500 million into the detroit public school system when they're already in a $200 million deficit, and $55m is unaccounted for, i.e. stolen. on top of that, i think like 30% of kids in detroit actually graduate from hs, and 5% of them are "ready for college", whatever that means.
So wait, are you using sarcasm to suggest that we shouldn't put money into a system to increase the possible success rate of our education?

I'd be willing to argue, rather vociferously, that the detroit schools not having proper funding is top 2 in reasons kids aren't getting the education they deserve.

I mean I guess we could just not care about detroit and let them fend for themselves... to hell with a level playing field.